Carthage Sends Draft Boys Off for Army Camp
Memorial Day in Carthage marked by sadness as thirty local boys departed for Fort Thomas Kentucky, escorted by the Carthage band Home Guard and Red Cross officers. A noon program featured E H Jones Alabama minstrels and a cemetery tribute led by Judge David E Mack.
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Carthage
Fort Thomas
Brent
Home Guard
Red Cross
Bluffs
E. H. Jones
Alabama Minstrels
The Joy of Coming Motherhood
An advertisement extols Mothers Friend lotion for expectant mothers to ease pregnancy strain. It claims external use safely relaxes nerves and muscles, aiding natural expansion during birth, while promising less pain and danger. The Bradfield Regulator Co. of Atlanta offers the product and a motherhood book by mail.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar
Atlanta
Visits and Farewells Across New Canton and Nearby Towns
New Canton residents host visitors from La Plata and Tulsa while others attend R. N. Anderson’s funeral in Summer Hill. Local births, twins Ed Ward and Idna, announce a family addition. Numerous residents travel for family visits to Hannibal Quincy Pekin Nevada and Quincy. The eighth grade commencement in the MBE church is planned for Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Johnson
la Plata
J. B. Hawkins
Tulsa
Oklo
R. N. Anderson
Summer Hill
Ed Clift
Ed Ward
Idna
Natheryne Jones
Hannibal
Ella Martin
Franky
Geo. H. Brammell
Quincey
N. A. Fisher
Rockport
Vernelia Stanley
Willis Whitley
Hanniball
Wright
Saxbury
Annarink
To. Alfs
Pekin
Quincy
Alfs
Alfs. C.rl. Hopkins
Ivah Stanley
Ea Pullilam
I. Faye Monroe
Jos. H. Winchell
Nevada
Chance Bell
Andrews
M. BE
Local social notes from La Prairie and nearby towns
Busi ness caller Quincey visits La Prairie. Residents travel to Clayton Quincy and Lorraine for events. Red Cross hosts all day meetings at ALE church basement with about twenty five members. Family visits and birthday celebrations noted. Will Fruehling buys a Chevrolet from Eifert Bros.
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J. WW. Nabbing
Quincey
Jed Kesting
Jay Allock
Clayton
Milton McVay
Long
Grace
Quincy
Join Alexander
Ross
Thig-gins
Loraine
Red Cross
Lunt
Vashti
Johnote Thompson
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louia
Kerman Tenchaeff
John Gindeehaul
Arnold
Fred Mock
Tom
Will Fruehling
Eifert Bros
May War Budget Reaches High Mark For May
Washington reports government war expenses including allied loans will top 1.5 billion dollars this month, a new high for belligerents. Expenditures over the past month exceed normal rates by more than 300 million, with six months ahead expected to rise. Officials project 11 billion dollars to be spent from July to December and 23 billion in the next fiscal year, constrained by industry output and ocean capacity.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Wilson
Congress
Army casualty list reports 35 names with multiple fates
The May 31 casualty list shows 35 U S Army names by fate including 5 killed in action 1 died of wounds 4 died in accidents 11 died of disease 9 severely wounded 2 slightly wounded 3 missing in action. Officers listed include Lieut George Squires and Lieut Edward A Koenne. The report details many soldiers by name state and hometown.
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Ashington
George Squires
St. Paul
Edward A. Koenne
Rochester
N. Y
Jas. F. Crawford
Warsaw
Wm. Hi. Cartland
Wakefield
Mass
Raymond D. Miller
Battle Creek
Mich
Fleming McForesman
Bardolph
Clark G. Miller
Bovinia Center
J. B. West
Minnekah
Okla
Johnnie Jackson
Lamar
Miss
Wallie Washington
New Orleans
Ralph P. Wells
Woodstock
H. N. Hebb
Lakeland
Fla
Earl J. Douglas
Clinton, Mo
Dave Anderson
Plaquamine
Clay Berlin
New York
Andrew H. Cowen
Belmont
Wesley J. Evans
Dallas
Texas
Robert Harvey
Rustburg
Victor E. Johnson
Werverhauser
Wis
Richard Murray
Round
S. C
Lester N. Nelson
Mankato
Minn
Wm. Thromer
Eagle Mills
Ark
Charlie Reter
Alexandria
Egypt
Henry Gilson
Philadelphia
Wm. Guest
Scottdale
George F. Hally
Roxbury
Abraham Rhusberg
Harry F. McCann
Dover
N. Ti
Edward S. Nagle
Cambridge
Wm. IF. Nelson
Oxford
George F. Richardson, Jr
Manchester
Byron W. van Ness
Minneapolis
R.A. Bale
Columbus
Earl L. Lewis
Tryonville
George N. Williams
Henderson
Joseph J. Brown
West New Brighton
N.Y
Jan F. Crawford
Harry S. Cook
East Hampton
Conn
Limited Service Men To Handle Equipment
Two hundred thousand men of draft age with minor defects will be employed to produce or handle army equipment. Provost Marshal General Crowder says the staff corps will free fighting men for the front. First call under the plan targets 9 000 men for spruce production for airplanes. Volunteers accepted until June 6. after that, state allotments may require involuntary induction.
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Washington
General Crowder
Army Staff Corps
Crowder
Local Happenings in La Belle and Nearby Towns
Mrs A R Todd and family return from Quincy wintering there. Frank Quail and family visit from Unionville. P J Sandknap and Edina relatives visit. Virgil MecBride's family visit Edina relatives. Miss Ruby Zimmerman's class recital at Christian church Sunday 8 PM. Mrs Mary Connell and Jennie visit W F Haldeman. Mrs Henry Jones dies after illness. funeral at Baptist church led by Rev Roberts. burial in La Belle cemetery. Christine Walter visits Knox to see Frank Anderson and Knox county boys headed to Camp Dodge. Arthur Redding Basil Cooter head to Kenosha Wisconsin. Romney Yancey Gerald Walker Harvey Ainkston Wilbur Hill Charley Haldeman join Lewis county group en route to Camp Dodge.
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W. F. Haldeman
Henry Jones
Baptist Church
Rev. Roberts
la Belle
Christine Walter
Knox
Frank Anderson
Knox County
Camp Dodge
Arthur Redding
Basil Cooter
Kenosha
Wis
Romney Yancey
Gerald Walker
Harvey Ainkston
Wilbur Hill
Charley Haldeman
Monticello
Canton
Lewis County
Markets Hold Steady Amid Holiday Market Yard Closure
With Thursday a holiday the city market yard was closed and most produce houses from where quotations come stayed closed. Markets held steady as traders reported little movement in prices across sectors.
Farming Prices and Milling Products from Handlenberg Co
Prices paid for hay and grain by Handlenberg Milling Co. cover wheat corn oats rye and various hay types with base values. Milling products list retail prices for bran corn meal linseed meal and other feeds with hog, cattle, poultry, and wool market quotes from Bolles & Rogers.
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Handlenberg Milling Company
Knollenberg Milling Company
Blatchford
H. P
Livestock Market Reports From Major Midwestern Cities
Hogs, cattle and sheep prices and receipts across Kansas City Omaha St Joseph and Chicago on May 31 show mixed changes with hogs lower in Kansas City and Chicago offerings varying by weight. Cattle and sheep receipts ranged widely with steers cows and lambs listed at multiple price bands. Belief that there are as good fish in the seas as ever were caught is poor consolation to the moon whose bait is gone.
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Mississippi River
Tor
Anck Brothers
Bolles & Rogers
Quincy
Kansas City
Omaha
Omaita
St. Joseph
Chicago
Pittsfield Social Notes Highlight Local Movements
Keyes Robinson and daughter Ola visit Camp Funston as his son Ross heads for overseas service. Chicago visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Webber. Miss Mary Cosgrove teaches Cork school. Rev. Robert Atchison named high school principal. Various residents visit relatives and plan travels to Canton, Washington DC, Kansas City, and Tacoma while others enter hospital care or announce candidacy for sheriff.
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Pittsfield
Ili
Keyes Robinson
Ola
Camp Funston
Kansas
Ross
Andrew Webber
Chicago
Charles R. Stamm
Mary Cosgrove
Cork
Board of Education
Robert Atchison
Griggsville
Thomas Binns
John
Canton
Ill
Eva Graves
Peoria
George Weaver
John D. Johnson
Indianapolis
Ind
Mary Reavers
Margaret Branch
Tiarietta
Stanley Branch
Elizabeth Mull
W. K. Logsdon
Washington, D. C
Edna Maulding
Kansas City
Lena Price
Samuel Hirsheimer
John H. Davis
Fairmount Township
Oren Ervin
Frank Johnston
Milton
Af. Ray Curless
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Califf
Assumpsit
William B. Window
Henry Roberts
Hancock
Knox Counties
Rolla Heaton
Scofield
Hartzell
Harry Seaton
Hancock County National Bank
Mack and Mack
Frank F. Reynolds
Circuit Court
Sarah J. McCracken
Hartzell & Califf
Fannie M. Ewine
Wesley R. Williams
O’harras
Wood & Walker
Kate M. Schwartz
Jenner
Zepha
Dee
Lelia
Paintiff
Jennie Schaffer
Frank Halbower
William F. Schaffer
Mendon
Clara J. Paul S
Central Illinois Public Service Company
O'Harras
Colchester
New Canton, Ill
Ricker National Bank
Monster Liberty Loan
Dicky Dippy
Weiee Iere Hee Aytile, Maggie Maggie
Deena Za Bawl
Maggie
Nou
Ladue Cf
Weilers
Little York Community Club
Bert Riley
Charles Willsey
Camp Taylor
Charles Garvin
Baylis
Lela Colvin
Springfield
Leonard Durham
Louisa Griffin
J. M. Wilkerson
Tacoma
Wash
W. R. Smith
James E. Bennett &C Grain
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
Hampshire Street
Liberty Bonds
Durham
Auto
Wett Bros
J. H. Waldron
Wells
S. W. Cor
5Th
Maine
Quincy, Hl
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